Pumpkin Seed Crackers

by Susan on February 19, 2009

Are pumpkin seeds another super food? Would you believe that they are amazingly nutritious? Pumpkin seeds are full of magnesium, which keeps bones strong, promotes healthy heart function and supports your nervous systems function, B vitamins, and are packed with protein! They are also a good source of iron, zinc and fiber! These crackers are great with cashew cheese or just topped with veggies. This is a great addition to your raw food recipe collection!

Place sprouted wheat berries in food processor and process until meal like consistency is achieved. Add 1 C flax seeds, ground, 1/4 C Nama Shoyu. Pulse until combined. Add onion and garlic. Process until well combined and no chunks of onion are present. Spread on teleflex sheet and cover with pumpkin seeds. Press the seeds into the mixture, sprinkle with celtic sea salt and score. Dehydrate for 8 hours, pull off teleflex sheets and put back in dehydrator with seeds still on top, until dry.

I have been wondering about this. Are the temperatures and air of a dehydrator damaging to ground flax seed. Normally, it is stored in the refrigerator to protect the fragile fatty acids from oxidation. It seems that exposing the insides of seeds to these elements may diminish nutrition and even cause it to be dangerous.

I have done some research into this. The actual tests that have done show that heating is not dangerous, even at temps that are much higher than we use when dehydrating. . You can read more here: http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/english/pdf/stor.pdf

What could I use instead of the Nama Shoyu? It is in several cracker recipes and I can not use fermented products and also limit soy. I know substitutions are not always successful and thought you may have an answer. These crackers look so good and I want to make the recipe.

Something went terribly wrong with this recipe over the weekend. I didn’t have nama shoyu so I substituted it with Bragg’s Liquid Aminos. The flavor was not appealing at all, bitter and salty. This is the only thing I can think of that would’ve changed the outcome. Nothing like being thrown off the horse so soon!

There is a significant difference in taste between Nama Shoyu and Braggs. I am assuming that is what went wrong. You need to be careful with substitutions. I put a lot of time and effort into balancing the flavors in my recipes. When you change a major flavor ingredient, it will completely change the flavor.

Hi Susan,
I’m just exploring the raw food. My first step was these crackers. I also made onion sanflower seed. They both have kind of sour taste. Is it should be that way? The wheat berries took 4 days to germinate. I bought hard red winter berries from Wholefoods. And I didn’t have golden flax seed, only brown. Please, tell me what did I do wrong?

You didn’t have good, fresh wheat. If there is a sour taste, it means that your wheat started fermenting instead of just sprouting. You need to also be sure to rinse a couple of times a day. Maybe the wheat was old?

Susan,
Two questions, if I may:
1. Would love to know the yield for the Pumpkin Seed Crackers. The recipe refers a singular sheet in one spot and ‘sheets’ in another… Could you say how many trays of crackers this recipe makes?
2. When you say the TSM Dehydrator comes completely apart, including the heating element, is the wiring from the interior of the cabinet removable as well? Like others who posted, I love that the TSM is stainless, w/ss shelves and is quiet (my current dehydrator dominates the entire downstairs living area unless shut in its own room – but this cuts down on air circulation so that I must frequently open the door for an air exchange of the moist air for the dryer house air…so definitely do want another ‘noise polluter.’

My one concern when considering the TSM is that during my research, I noticed some saying that the wiring runs through the inside of the food chamber and if so, I would like to cover the wiring (wires have that plastic covering) with some sort of stainless channel. So if everything comes apart and I can remove the wiring from the interior, it may make the job of running the wiring through some kind of stainless tubing or covering it with a 3-sided channel easier…

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